Tent-peg.



,QT/@ffl PATENTEE JULY 31, 1906.1 .I

` J.y E. GOEEELLIE TENT EEG. APPLICATION EILED MAY 26. 1906."x

'ran sfrnfrns PATENT Aon JOSEPH nMoRY ieoRnELL, oF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. V y TENT-PEG.

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Y To all whom ima/y concern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH EMORY GOR- RELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1019 NorthCaroline street, Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful improvements-in Tent- Pegs, of which the following is a specificatlon, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

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y My invention relates toimprovements in tent-pegs, and has fon its object to provide a invention, in which- 2O peg of such. construction that it may be readily driven into the from, but which will vreceive pulling strains in such a way as to prr'vent their withdrawal from the earth, and-which will be cheap and durable. I

'The accompanying drawings illustrate the Figure 1 illustrates an elevationofa'portion of a tent which is secured in place by means 'of my improved egs. Fig. 2 illustrates a side elevation o a tent-peg formed in accordance with my invention. Figs. 3

and 4 illustrate two elevations of another pegformed in accordance with my inventlon.

Fig. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the peg as would appear on theline 5 5 yof Fi 4, and Fig.f6 is a similarv View ofthe eg s own in Fig.` 2 as would appear on the l1ne 6 6 of said figure.,` i

Referring to the drawin sby numerals,'1 designates the stem of ,tlgie peg, which is curved in' a longitudinal direction and the lower end 2 of which is pointed, so as 'to enter the ground easily. In additionto the longitudinal curve this stem is provided with la l concave side 3, whichconcavity extends from the ointe'd end toward the drivin end 4. At t e drivingend the peg is prefera ly provided with a head 5 to receive the blows of a tool while driving the peg into the ound, so as toavoid damaging. the peg whi e it. This head 5 is located atV what might be termed the up er end of the stem. Adj acent the head t e peg is provided with a laterally-projecting arm 6, which isr also curved, I

, and 1n the devices shown in Figs. 3 and 4 this arm projects laterally and away from the ound or removed there-` head. By

'the' peg will be overcome b concave side of the stem, an the pull is not a will withstand strains pegs wherethe pull is direct.

drivingv lprovided with a hook4 10, which is curved ackward toward the head. The latter hook l extends in a direction lengthwise with respect to the curved arm, while the loop or hook 7 at the end of said wise thereof, as clearly seen in Fig. 4.`

kIn the peg shown in Fig. 2 the curved stem 11 has a rib 12 extending lengthwise thereof at the side` opposite the conoavity, and the l curved arm 13 rojects laterally from thev driving-head 14, ut fromv the ribbed side of the stem.. This curved arm also extends upa loop or hook v15. y

The le shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is better adapted) igor s'ecurin the lower edge of the vertical wall 1'6 of t e tent 17 down on the arm extends crossthen bends A' l I `wardly and is provided at its upper end with p ground, as seen in Fig. 1, and when in use the rope 18, attached to the lower edge of the tent-wall, is passed beneath the loop or hook 7 at the end of the lateral larm and secured around the hooklO 4adjacentvthe drivinggv this arrangement when the peg 1s drivenin the ground the strain of the rope on the yearth at a direct outward one. Consequently the peg 2 is better vadapted The peg shown in Fi y-ropes 19 o the tent, which are for the that will easily draw attache tothe hook 15,*so that the strain will be overcome by the earth at the concave side of the stem.

Pegs formed in accordance withI m invention will be strong and durable, may e easily drivenin or removed from the ground, and

by `roviding the lateral arms, so that the pull willibe indirect, willwithstand greatstrams. Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and (desire. to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1 `A tent-pegv having a stem with a rdriv- I ing-head at vi-ts pperend and having an arm l above the arm and saxid arm also having a I'o that projects laterally from the stem and loop between its end and the stem. away from the driving-head and the extreme In testimony whereof I ax my signature end of said1ater'a11y` rojecti'ng arm having a in presence of two Witnesses.

downwardly-turned ook.

2. A tent eg having a curved stem with a JOSEPH EMORY GORRELL driving-hea at the upper end thereof and Witnesses: also having a laterallyprojeeting arm with a CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

loop formed at the end thereof and in aplane G. FERDINAND VOGT. 

